Why did I suddenly get bad at chess?

Amazing idea.  

It's originality is only secondary to its honesty and clear merit

Many years ago, I was stuck around 1600-1700 (OTB rating) for more than a year. Nothing seemed to help. I finally decided that I didn't care anymore... I would just play chess for fun.

Later...

How are yall so good i can't even get over 200 rating

I dropped a 100 points in 1 day cuz I did not play in 4 months

You are on a plateau. Then you make a progress and you go back to the plateau again. But the new plateau is higher than the last one. And so on.

Yeah

bro i really lost 200 elo, and kept on punching my head everytime i blunder so hard, i am focused but i still blunder what is happening to me

I'm literally in the exact same position. Got around 1280 peak around a month ago and since then been losing constantly and now 1130. It's really upsetting and disheartening to feel to bad at the game suddenly. I'm constantly getting crushed by people I would've considered easy to beat and I constantly make mistakes it's awful. Hopefully I'll come back at some point but this is the first time I've ever dropped ELO and it's terrible.

It's not about the actual rating but more not being able to improve. If you're 2000 and that's your standard now, dropping to 1800 would feel awful.

You're focused on numbers, forget numbers and focus on why you are losing, go over your games with a stronger player and correct your mistakes.

Fixed that for you.

I've taught dozens of players, including one who peaked at over 2400 FIDE (not online, OTB FIDE)... and from my own observations when a player learns some important new concepts their results and their rating almost always go DOWN temporarily. Only after they succeed in integrating the new concepts into their actual play will their results go back up, to a new and higher plateau.

Can you even say that you play chess anymore? You have less than 90 games on your account and haven't played a daily game since 2018, with no rapid, blitz, or bullet games. I'm just interested why you are here giving advice when you clearly don't play chess anymore, unless you play on a different account? I think what you're saying is correct though.

*shrug*

I played in OTB tournaments (including a couple of FIDE rated ones) from the late 1960s to the early 2000s. I was playing in National tournaments (Canadian Open Championship, Canadian Junior Championship) back when Bobby Fischer was still world champion. I taught chess for decades, at local clubs.

Why would the fact that I recently stopped playing online invalidate any of my experience... let alone all of it? Did I suddenly forget fifty years of learning, practicing and teaching chess?

Respect!, I learned something from how to analyze a game, by one of your posts here, a long long time ago. I'm curious, at what rating did you peak at when you were in your prime?

Rated OTB? My highest published rating was a bit over 2000.

I've played much better chess since then, though. Just not rated OTB.

Okay that's fair enough, it's just that you're playing on an account that gives 0 proof you've ever been good at chess, but I believe you. Maybe you should link your fide account to your chess account. Can I ask why you don't play anymore?

Also, why have you been paying a monthly membership for 4 years when you don't play? The most expensive one too.. lol.

I've never purchased a membership.

It's always been donated to me anonymously... I don't know by whom.